While New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been in the national limelight for many months, his democratic socialist colleague in Seattle, Mayor Katie Wilson, has mostly remained under the radar.

A few weeks ago, Mamdani released his Fiscal Year 2027 Preliminary Budget, which calls for $14 billion in new spending, even though New York City faces a $12 billion deficit over the next two years.

Deservedly, Mamdani was lambasted for wanting to raise spending, raid the city’s “rainy day fund,” and worst of all, hike property taxes.

Around the same time, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson delivered her State of the City Address, in which she implored the “city council to fund shelter expansion,” “expand childcare and early education as public goods,” “expand access to affordable food,” increase rent subsidies, etc.

“I am determined to add 1,000 new units this year, with services matched to people’s needs, and we are on our way to reach this goal,” Wilson proclaimed.

Although Wilson has not yet released a formal budget proposal, it seems more than reasonable that she wants to vastly increase spending on several socialist programs and projects.

However, like New York City, Seattle simply cannot afford socialism.

For the past several years, the Seattle City Council has passed........

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